Short news from the Internet of Things that make headlines around the world
French network operator SigFox is in financial trouble. The company specializing in low-power networks for Internet of Things applications has been placed in receivership. SigFox CEO Jeremy Prince requested the judicial recovery procedure on January 26 at the commercial court of Toulouse, as reported by notretemps.
The Corona Pandemic is continuing to affect events globally. The E-world energy & water 2022 has now been moved to the middle of the year.
At this years’ re:invent, AWS announced it will soon provide its customers with their individual carbon footprint displaying their individual use of AWS services, hoping they will support to meet its carbon reduction goals.
Under the leadership of the Zigbee Alliance, many well-known manufacturers have been working for some time now on a uniform standard for devices in the smart home. “Connected Home over IP” (CHIP), as it has been called so far, is not based on the Zigbee protocol, but on WiFi, Thread and Bluethooth. Now the cat is out of the bag: The Zigbee Alliance has renamed to Connectivity Standards Alliance, and CHIP became “Matter”.
Forscher am Massachusetts Institute of Technology haben eine neuartige SIM-Karte im Pico Format entwickelt, die sich leicht in Lebensmittel integrieren lässt.
Apple’s smart speaker “HomePod” is being discontinued. As Techcrunch magazine reported, the company will focus on the further development of the HomePod mini in the future. Apple is thus discontinuing the large speaker after about four years of market availability in favor of the cheaper model.
With their latest kickstarter campaign Hong Kong Based Elecrow offers a toolkit of electronic modules that can be easily combined and programmed by kids ranging between ages 5 and 13. The “Crowbits” are designed to support kids in early STEM eduaction to help understand the basics of coding and electronic engineering.
E-world energy & water will not take place this year. The leading trade fair for the European energy industry should have opened at Messe Essen from 4th to 6th May 2021. The reason for the cancellation is the lack of […]
Although it is called “Gigaset camera 2.0”, it is now the third generation of cameras from the Germany-based company Gigaset. The new indoor smart home camera follows the outdoor version introduced last summer and monitors indoor spaces in full HD […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to expand its expertise in the Internet of Things. Cooperation with telecommunications providers is playing an increasingly important role. At the AWS Telco Symposium Online at the end of June, everything revolved around partnerships between […]
